25 year old Lasha Talakhadze setting an all-time world record total at the 2019 world weightlifting championships. Snatches: 208, 215 and 220kg (WR) Clean & Jerk: 247, 255 and 264kg (WR)
Mohamed Ehab Announces Retirement from Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Egypt … In rather sad news, my favorite lifter and friend, Mohamed Ehab announced his retirement from professional weightlifting 🙁 Egypt recently received an 18 moths long country ban, for doping violations stemming back to 2016, when seven youth athletes failed their tests. In addition to that it was also just announced that […]
New ATG Shirts on hookgrip Store
Quick heads up, there are a couple of new additions to the hookgrip store. New ATG Script Logo Tees Limited Edition Gold Metallic Shirt New Triblend: Black / Maroon New Crop Top Black / Pink
Li Dayin vs Lu Xiaojun – Snatches at 2019 World Championships
35 year old Lu Xiaojun and 21 year old Li Dayin going head to head at the 2019 world championships.
2019 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2019 world weightlifting championships will be held in Pattaya, Thailand. The Entry List (PDF) is out. As always the final start list will be published by IWF after the final verification meeting one or two days before competition. When: 18 – 27th September Update: Start List (PDF) is out. Mohamed Ehab at worlds (he […]
Kuo Hsing-Chun Episode 1 – ATG in Taiwan!
This is it! Episode 1 of our trip to visit Kuo Hsing-Chun in Taiwan! ATG Patrons already have access to Episode 2. Become a patron here. This is what makes projects like these possible. In episode 1 Dr. Boffa’s and I arrive in Taiwan and introduce you to her Kuo and her coach. You’ll learn […]
Lasha’s 207kg + 250kg Clean & Jerk Session (Heaviest Training Hall Session I Ever Filmed)
This is the heaviest training hall session I ever filmed (457kg Total!). And I almost missed it… Lasha’s 207kg Snatch / 250kg Clean & Jerk Session. ATG Patrons had early access and can already watch the newest videos. I only got to film it by accident. Two days earlier Lasha did his 210kg Snatch in […]
IWF provisionally suspends Oleg Chen, Ruslan Albegov, Egor Klimonov, Tima Turieva and David Bedzhanyan
Meanwhile in Anti Doping News… Based on “evidence arising from the investigations conducted by Prof. McLaren and the WADA Intelligence & Investigations department”, the IWF announced that it opened investigations against Oleg Chen, Ruslan Albegov, Egor Klimonov, Tima Turieva and David Bedzhanyan. Here are the public disclosures. Update 17.08.2019: The latest public disclosure add Dmitry […]
Team USA Heavy Training at Pan Am Games Training Camp
Dr. Boffa was on location shooting part of Team USA’s Pan American Games team during their last heavy session at home before leaving for Lima. Below is the snatch video from that session. Highlights include: Kate Nye – 112kg Snatch PR (Unofficial Junior World Record Snatch) Harrison Maurus – 150kg Snatch Jourdan Delacruz – 89kg […]